----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----
Thanks to all who have commented on the Data Plate issue. I think we ghave cleared up some misunderstandings on the legality and purpose of the data plate, etc...maybe just like the identification plate on your automobile.... My understanding is that the Data plate (the one made issued, and installed by ERCO) is the airplane......and along with an Airworthyness Certificate and Registration Certificate makes the airplane a legal airplane. The tail plate was recently required for easy identification of an airplane...due to the fact sometimes one cannot look inside a closed airplane to identify it..make it easier for law enforcement, CAP, etc to find a missing airplane, etc.. Some have suggested that if one has a Data Plate, then one can build a legal airplane around it.....but simply aquiring a data plate and sticking it on a slaveged airplane would not be legal....The Data Plate, along with the log books is the legal idenity of the airplane......I think. Fly Safe - Have Fun REgards, Harry Francis Blacksburg, VA. N93530 s/n 853 With a valid data plate :) . ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
<<attachment: winmail.dat>>
